Mapping the scientific research on integrated care: a bibliometric and social network analysis.

Background: Integrated care (IC) is the cornerstone of the sustainable development of the medical and health system. A thorough examination of the existing scientific literature on IC is essential for assessing the present state of knowledge on this subject. This review seeks to offer an overview of evidence-based knowledge, pinpoint existing knowledge gaps related to IC, and identify areas requiring further research.

Self-reported work-related accumulative fatigue of nurses: A cross-sectional study in public hospitals in China.

Objectives: Work-related fatigue is a serious safety risk to nurses and their patients. This study aimed to assess self-reported work-related accumulative fatigue of nurses and its associated factors.

Methods: A questionnaire survey of 2,918 clinical nurses conveniently sampled from 48 public hospitals across six provinces in China was conducted.

Effect of Social Participation on the Physical Functioning and Depression of Empty-Nest Elderly in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS).

This study aimed to explore the impact of social participation (SP) on physical functioning and depression among empty-nest elderly taking part in the fourth wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS, 2018). The instrumental variable (IV) method and propensity score matching (PSM) method were used to analyse the impact of SP. The two-stage regression results of the IV method showed that SP has a significant negative impact on the physical functioning scores of empty-nest elderly (β = -3.

Correction to: Medical expenditure for patients with hemophilia in urban China: data from medical insurance information system from 2013 to 2015.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Medical expenditure for patients with hemophilia in urban China: data from medical insurance information system from 2013 to 2015.

Background: Hemophilia, a high-cost disease, is the only rare disease covered by basic medical insurance in all province of China. However, very few studies have estimated the medical expenditure of patients with this rare disease Therefore, this study is aimed at evaluating the medical expenditure of patients with hemophilia and identifying its determinants.

Methods: The study population included 450 patients with hemophilia who were extracted from the national insurance database between 2014 and 2016.

Has the Efficiency of China's Healthcare System Improved after Healthcare Reform? A Network Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit Regression Approach.

Background: A healthcare system refers to a typical network production system. Network data envelopment analysis (DEA) show an advantage than traditional DEA in measure the efficiency of healthcare systems. This paper utilized network data envelopment analysis to evaluate the overall and two substage efficiencies of China's healthcare system in each of its province after the implementation of the healthcare reform.